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Patent No.:

US 9019428 B1

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Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015

Filed:

Sep. 06, 2012
Applicants:

Ashutosh Y. Shukla, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Kenta K. Williams, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Shashikant G. Hegde, San Jose, CA (US);

Tang Yew Tan, Palo Alto, CA (US);

David A. Pakula, San Francisco, CA (US);

Inventors:

Ashutosh Y. Shukla, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Kenta K. Williams, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Shashikant G. Hegde, San Jose, CA (US);

Tang Yew Tan, Palo Alto, CA (US);

David A. Pakula, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 13/18 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 13/18 (2013.01); H04N 5/225 (2013.01); H04N 17/00 (2013.01); H04N 5/2257 (2013.01);
Abstract

An electronic device may include a camera module. Control circuitry within the electronic device may use an image sensor within the camera module to acquire digital images. The camera module may have lens structures that are supported by lens support structures such as a lens barrel and lens carrier. An actuator such as a voice coil motor may control the position of the lens support structures relative to internal support structures such as upper and lower spacer members. Springs may be used to couple the lens support structures to the internal support structures. Outer wall structures in the camera module such as a ferromagnetic shield structures may surround and enclose at least some of the internal support structures. The outer wall structures may have openings. The internal support structures may have pins or other alignment structures that protrude through the openings.


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Shukla, Ashutosh. (2015). Electronic device camera module with alignment structures (U.S. Patent No. 9019428). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9019428

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